Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Nobody has the right to put us in prison without good reason and keep up there, or send us away from our country.

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How would you feel if you were locked up for something you didn’t do?

Nobody has the right to hurt us or torture us.

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What would you do if you saw your classmate hitting another classmate?

We all have the the right to go where we in our own country and travel as we wish.

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How would you react if you weren’t able to go into your living room, or bedroom without permission?

The law is the same for everyone. It must treat us all fairly.

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How would you feel if laws only applied to some people?

We can all ask for the law to help us when we’re not treated fairly.

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What do you think the world would be like without laws to protect you?

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Do you think everybody in every country everywhere has the same rights?

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Annual International Human Rights Summit 2012 

We all have the right to belong to a country.

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How would you feel if you didn’t belong to a country?

Nobody should try to harm our good name. Nobody has the right to come into our home, open our letters, or bother us or our family without good reason.

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How would you feel if someone went into your backpack at school without you knowing?

Nobody has any right to make us a slave. We cannot make anyone our slave.

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Does owning another person make sense to you?

We all have the right to life, and to live in freedom and safety.

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Do you think everyone in the world is given this right?

We are all born free. We all have our own thoughts and ideas. We should all be treated the same way.

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What do you think the world be like if nobody could have their own ideas?

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948. It was created in response to the atrocities that occurred during World War II. It was intended to complement the UN Charter to guarantee the rights of every individual everywhere. The Commission on Human Rights was made to of 18 members from various political, cultural, and religious backgrounds. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of American President Franklin D. Roosevelt, chaired the UDHR drafting committee. 

The right to trial &amp; we’re always innocent until proven guilty

If we are put on trial, this should be public. The people who try us should not let anyone tell them what to do.

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Everyone has the right to explain their part in an event before they are judged.

If we are frightened of being treated badly in our own country, we all have the right to run away to another country to be safe.

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What would you do if living in your own country was dangerous for you?

These rights belong to everybody, whatever our differences.

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Do you think people should be singled out just because they are different?

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